Cases

A regional participatory process, coordinated by three municipalities in to inform and garner feedback from citizens on the proposed renovation of the Florence Airport. The process consisted of 5 bi-weekly face-to-face meetings, and ended with the submission of a final report to regional authorities.

Betri Reykjavik, or Better Reykjavik is an online platform that hosts two participatory initiatives: Citizen Foundation and Your Priorities. It is freely accessible by any government or municipality around the world.

The case study features two online consultations and over 50 public hearings intended to reform the mental health, mental illness and addiction services in the Canadian healthcare system. The study, conducted by The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, includes four reports. The final report made 118...

Public consultations were held during the planning of a large national park so that final decisions were informed by local knowledge and were in keeping with citizen demand. The process was helpful to policy makers as it returned a diversity of opinions and suggestions.

An experiment of citizen participation using “crowdsourcing” to collect feedback and ideas on new legislation on off-road traffic routes. Deliberation and opinion formation among participants was analysed in order to determine the efficacy of online forms of participatory policy-making.